‘All Your Favorites’ Granola Bar – No Bake, Gluten Free & Vegan

Granola bars have always been an easy, inexpensive, and healthy snack in our house. When we had to cut out dairy and gluten, it became more challenging to find commercially made granola bars that tasted good, were free of allergens, and didn’t break the bank. I like this recipe because it lends itself to a lot of variation, thus the name “All Your Favorites”, key word YOUR! We pick the dried fruits that we like best, the types of cereal, and then we decide if we want chocolate or not (we always do!). Sometimes we decide nuts, and mommy almost always decides to add flax meal or chia seeds. Use your favorite ingredients to make an affordable and delicious granola bar. These are SUPER easy to throw together, and my kids beg for them, and I think yours will too!

'All Your Favorites' Granola Bar

Prep Time10minutes

Cook Time10minutes

Total Time20minutes

Servings16

Ingredients

2 1/2cupscrispy rice cerealor other crunchy cereal

2cupsquick-cooking gluten free oatsor if you don"t stock the quick variety like me, whir the rolled oats in your coffee grinder a bit to break them down just slightly I bet quinoa flakes would work too!

Instructions

Mix the cereal, oats, dried fruit, chocolate chips, chia seeds, and nuts (if using) together in a large bowl.

On the stove top, put the sugar, honey, and nut butter in a small saucepan over medium low heat.

When softened, mix until smooth and add in the butter/oil and vanilla.

Pour the mixture over the dry ingredients and mix well until it is well incorporated and moistened.

Press into a 9 x 13 pan, using a Siplat to press into the pan and keep your hands clean!

Let the bars set and cut into desired shape!

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I LOVE these bars! I make them once or twice a month for all the Celiacs in my family. They are delicious in every combination I’ve made and last for a long time–or, at least, until they are all devoured! They do tend to be a bit crumbly, regardless of what kind of nut butter I use. Pressing them into a 13×9 really forcefully helps a bit, though. Thank you for the recipe!!

Hi Tessa – these seem like they would be soft/chewy vs crunchy no? I like the ingredients and the fact that there is a lot of versatility here… so many variations! Thanks for sharing this. I've had a couple of friends ask me for egg free options and I think this is a good place for them to start playing 🙂 Grazie!! claudine